Anyone whose actions are more plentiful than his wisdom, his wisdom endures.
And anyone whose wisdom is more plentiful than his actions, his wisdom does not endure.
Pirkei Avot, Chapter 3
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Kicks are a part of many martial arts. The kicks that appear in all the kata in Takamatsu den are combined in a sequenced drills that includes armlocks, throws, Kuzushi and even submissions.
We will continue to work on kicking in our Budo.
The highest art of the chess player lies in not allowing your opponent to show you what he can do.
This week we are going deeper into kata that combine kicks as an aid to timing, distancing and submission. Kata like Renyo in Gyokko ryu, Shio Kaze in Kukishin or Koto Ryu Tan Geki, integrate kicks as means or an end to the techniques.
We will emphasise kicks as facilitators of sacrifice throws.
Dear Junior: Please excuse me for not answering your letter sooner. But I have been so busy not answering letters lately that I have not been able to get around to not answering yours in time. Love, Groucho.
This week we will train as usual. There will not be any flights and adventures in Berlin, Tokyo or Kigali. Even though teaching in new places is wonderful, for me there is no place like home.
We had a big crowd in the Detant emotional regulation seminar the previous Friday. With me were Danny Hershkovitz, one of Detant founders, and Yagel Tamir who is now doing the 1st. Instructor’s course in Detant.
This version of the workshop is tailored especially for us in AKBAN and is extremely complex and dense. It was an intense and enriching workshop that went well.
Many thanks to Professor Hagai Bergman, our CSO, who not only debriefed the proceedings but participated in this one too. This October we are taking this unique workshop to Japan.
I only want to live in peace and plant potatoes and dream
This Sunday Guy Renan will teach in Jerusalem dojo because I am teaching in Berlin. Eli Shirian will teach in Ramat Hasharon dojo for the same reason.
A Detant seminar, the 43rd in Israel, will take place this Friday, 9.9.2016 between 08:30-10:30. Register here, in this link.
When your body is burning to the end
Look into the fire
“Empty handed I return home” translated by Eitan Bolokan and Dror Burshtein
מתוך ״בידיים ריקות שבתי הביתה, פסוקי זן״ – תרגום איתן בולוקן, דרור בורשטיין
